| 单词 | to mark a person's card |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mark a person's card c. transitive. Originally Horse Racing (chiefly British). to mark a person's card [see card n.2 16] : to recommend to a person likely winners at a race meeting; (figurative) to brief a person by revealing confidential or valuable information. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1179/2 Mark (someone's) card, to give him the information he needs; to put him right: barrow-boys': since ca. 1945. Ex the race~course. 1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers ii. 34 They'd marked my card there was a new dance-hall been opened over at Peckham. 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard 291 Mark X's cards, to, to brief X discreetly. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard 282 The third was to phone the insurance assessor and mark his card. 1997 Sun 26 Dec. (Racing section) 2/2 Britain's top tipster Nick Fox..will personally mark your card. < as lemmas |
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